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Some people hang clothes on their balcony. This resident, it seems, hangs meat. Online in China, photos of what looks to be a butcher working out of an apartment have popped up online. If this resident is not a butcher, then he or she certainly ha...

The first photos of the Titans that will appear in the upcoming live-action Attack on Titan film is finally revealed. An SUV commercial featuring the said Titans will debut today. The director of the upcoming Attack on Titan film, Shinji Higuchi a...

On 18 January, a shipment of crabs from Russia arrived at a port in Japan, some of which were bought up by wholesaler Marusan Mikami Shoten. After opening up their haul of red king crabs (an expensive favorite of Japanese seafood lovers) workers w...

Anime Evolution, an anime convention that takes place every summer in Vancouver, recently posted a video on their Facebook page for a project called "Project: Wish a Sailor Moon" they were involved in.

A Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) 4-episode mini series set in Taiwan was announced and EXILE's Akira will once again reprise his role as Eikichi Onizuka. Also reprising their roles for this special are Yuu Shirota as Ryuji Danma and Yusuke Yamamoto a...

It's been interesting watching Naruto: Shippuden lately as it works the backstory for Obito as you kind of expected this time of the year to be another filler period rather than story material. That's actually going to happen soon as February's ep...

Only a few weeks remain between us today and the release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, the last installment in the FF XIII trilogy and what could very well be the final installment in the series on the now previous generation of cons...

Sentai Filmworks Adds Wizard Barristers AnimeSeries to hit digital and home video By Joseph Luster Be the first of your friends to like this. Posted 1/23/2014 Sentai Filmworks continued its steady stream of announcements this week with the acquisi...

During the ongoing international chocolate festival, Salon du Chocolat which currently being held at Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo Chocolate's high-end Naruto Shippuden Chocolat finally makes it to Japanese shores since it was introduced in France in 2013.

The elite ninja Kakashi is set to become the star of Naruto Shippuden in the backstory arc "Kakashi: Shadow of the ANBU Black Ops," with the special anime original story kicking off February 6th. ------ Scott Green is editor and reporter fo...

A live-action Kamen Teacher TV special will air on Valentine's Day a week before the premiere of the upcoming film sequel. This special tells us the story of Gota Araki aka Kamen Teacher six months before the events of the live-action drama series.

On day one of the AKB48 Request Hour 2014 Setlist Best 200 concerts, Team 8 was announced. Auditions will start from the 24th January 2014 and one member will be chosen from each of Japan's 47 prefectures.

Depending on where you are it might be a little too early for something like this&hellip; actually, maybe a 10-minute, 32-song Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd digest video is the perfect thing to wake up to.

In the Rurouni Kenshin manga and anime, there's a reverse-blade sword called sakabato. An old, real-life version of this fictional sword was apparently discovered in Japan. Last October, what's being compared to a real sakabato turned up in an old...

U. K. publisher Ghostlight are bringing another JRPG to Steam. Following the release of Agarest: Generations of War on Steam, Ghostlight are bringing over the game's prequel, Record of Agarest War: Zero.

Eat these and you might gain some experience! Typically in Japan, women give guys chocolate on Valentine's Day. Guys give women chocolate or gifts a month later on White Day. Hmm… I guess Square Enix should have saved the white slime for that.

Recap Hase is running wild and both Gaim and Yggdrasil are attempting to hunt him down. Meanwhile, Mitchy infiltrates the corporation to discover the truth behind the Helheim fruit. Suffering ensues. Aqua's thoughts The "Don't say no, just live mo...

As reported yesterday, the original Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban) trilogy is coming to Nintendo 3DS in Japan. Capcom followed up the announcement with the debut trailer for Ace Attorney 123: Wright Collection, which is set for release on April 17...

While Japan's bank of English loan words has grown to the point where "context" and even "paradigm" can be understood by most people, there seems to be only a handful of Japanese words that have been sprinkled into the modern English vocabulary.

The latest upcoming overly hyped anime is to be animated by White Fox, Akame ga Kill! is going to be made by the studio who went from sci-fi thrillers to overweight bundles of fat bouncing around in tiny bikinis.

Atlus has a new trailer for Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars, and with it comes a North American street date. The child-bearing dungeon-crawler is set to arrive on Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita on April 15.

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I can't believe I still haven't seen ant snow this Winter yet! There should have been some last night but it ended up as a little drizzle of rain instead! I get the feeling that this Nendoroid was respo...

(c)AKS Jan. 23. 2014It has been revealed that AKB48 will form their 5th team named "Team 8" that follows Team A, Team K, Team B, and Team 4. Team 8 will be formed with a completely new concept that is different from existing teams.

Gundam Build Fighters Episode 15The boys have a tough fight ahead, but there's a twist that comes nearly at the start that could change your view of the series even more. What They Say: Sei and Reiji have no choice but to win their next battle.

concert / ONE OK ROCK ONE OK ROCK just announced that they would perform at Columbus Ohio's monster festival Rock On The Range, which is held on May 16,17 and 18th! There will be various bands playing such as Kid Rock, Guns and Roses, Slayer and m...

Sentai Filmworks Acquires 'Wizard Barristers' Anime License Posted by Chris Beveridge January 22, 2014 at 04:48 PM Wizard Barristers Sentai Filmworks is slowly but surely mining the winter 2014 anime season for the right licenses to pick up and th...

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha - 02 Never a dull moment in the world of the Gods. I'm sure it's because of my Western upbringing, but I find something very appealing in the idea that the beings at the center of a belief system can be depicted as being s...